Campus and Area
University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 13, 1987
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Local Briefs
Auto accident at intersection injures three
An auto accident Wednesday injured one Eudora and two Lawrence residents. Lawrence police said yesterday.
Virginia Large and Edith E. Ernst, both of Lawrence, and K. D. Vick, Eudora, were admitted to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Large is listed in good condition at the hospital. Ernst and Vick were treated and released, a hospital spokesman said.
Police said Large was driving east on Fourth Street in a 1981 Lincoln Mark IV around p.4.m when she drove through a stop sign at Michigan Street. Vick, driving a 1975 Chevy pickup truck south-bound on Michigan, hit large's car broadside in the intersection.
Ernst was a passenger in Large's vehicle.
Both vehicles were damaged beyond repair. Police said Large was not issued a citation.
Deadlines soon for study abroad
Students hoping to study next fall in France, Spain, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan or Great Britain must submit applications by 5 p.m. Monday to the office of study abroad. 203 Lippincott Hall.
Deadlines for other study abroad programs are March 2 for Erlangen, West Germany; Florence, Italy; and Denmark; March 16 for Costa Rica and Paraguay; and April 1 for all summer programs.
County approves new warning siren
The University of Kansas will have a new warning siren this summer. The Douglas County Commission approved the purchase of a $15,853 siren at its regular meeting yesterday. The University will nav half of the siren's cost.
Ted McFarlane, county emergency preparedness director,
said the siren probably would be installed near the KANU-FM 91.5 radio tower on West Campus. The siren should be operating sometime in June or July, he said.
"We'll have it for part of the storm season," he said.
KU already has sirens at Joseph R. Pearson Hall and at Watson Library.
AURH elections begin next week
The Association of University Residence Halls will have its 1987 officer elections Monday and Tuesday.
Voting will take place in all residence halls at dinner on those days. Hall residents need their hall I.D.s to vote.
Declared candidates are:
Decatur University
■ President: Ross Nigro, Kansas City. Mo., sophomore and a McColum Hall resident
VICE president: Karen Musket, Richardson, Texas, junior and an Oliver Hall resident.
- Treasurer: Alison Stiebel, Highland Park, Ill., freshman and an Ellsworth Hall resident.
Secretary: Sarah Jennings, Hays junior and a Lewis Hall resident.
Correction
Because of a reporter's error, Clarence Kelley's name was misspelled in yesterday's Kansan. Kelley addressed a state House committee Wednesday about the potential for crime in pari-mutuel betting.
Fred Sadowski/KANSAN
Paul Ackerman, professor of psychology at Wichita State University, states his case for creation and against evolution. Ackerman spoke to about 50 people last night at the Kansas Union.
KU grad argues origin of man
Bv TIM HAMILTON
Staff writer
KU graduate Paul Ackerman told more than 50 people at the Kansas Union last night that if evolution were true, each human being's obligation would be only to seek the best possible pairing of genes.
Ackerman, professor of psychology at Wichita State University, spoke on the subject of creationism at a lecture sponsored by the evangelical Christian organization, Great Commission Students. Ackerman is the author of the book "It's a Young World After All."
Don Hermesch, Seneca graduate student and president of the group, said Ackerman approached the professor from a different perspective.
"He's coming at creationism at a little different angle than most creationists," Hermesh said. He was referring to how he wondered whether the theory of evolution
Ackerman said, "How we think about things is going to depend on how we think of our origin."
allowed humans to develop selfworth.
Today's age, Ackerman said,
believes that meaning had to be
created by the individual.
"We're living in a world where we're trying to be our own god," Ackerman said.
Ackerman also said evolution had no scientific backing.
Fossil records, according to Ackerman, didn't show transitional forms of organisms as evolutionists claimed.
"Most of the research that is going on is being conducted by people already convinced of the validity of evolution," he said.
the KU Paleontological Institute of Geology, said Ackerman was mistaken about science. Kaesler, who said he was Christian, said research supported evolutionists' claims that fossils provided missing links between different classes of organisms.
But Roger Kaesler, director of
Kaesler said that Christians who denied evidence found in fossil records held Christianity up to ridicule.
Jeri Kaiser, Kaiser's wife, said creationism needed to be considered within the context of evolution.
Tom McGuirk, St. Louis freshman, said he believed in the creationist theory because he had grown up with it. He said he hadn't researched evolution enough but thought both theories could be true.
Free test kits available to detect and stop fatal colorectal cancer
Staff writer
By JENNIFER WYRICK
Last year, 60,000 people in the United States died of colorectal cancer, and another 140,000 new cases were reported. In Kansas, an estimated 650 people died of the No.2 cancer killer in the country.
Even though colorectal cancer is a leading national killer, 90 percent of those with colon cancer still are living five years after the disease is diagnosed. The five-year survival rate for those with rectal cancer is 80 percent. The No.1 cancer killer is lung cancer.
If detected early, researchers say, the disease can be treated in its entirety.
Dillon Pharmacies throughout Kansas, in conjunction with KAKE-TV in Wichita and St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, last week began a public screening program, "A Test For Life," to help detect colorectal cancer.
consecutive year in each of Dillon's 29 pharmacies in Kansas. Free mail-in coupons are available for the testing kits in communities where there is a Dillon store without a pharmacy.
The program is offering free Hemococc testing kits for the third
Post said the only expense for those wishing to use the cancer-detecting kits was a 22-cent stamp to mail the results to St. Francis. Participants will be notified of test results within 10 to 14 days.
Terry Post, pharmacy manager at Dillon Pharmacy, 3000 W. 6th St., said Dillon Pharmacies, St. Francis divided the costs of the testing kits.
The Hemococcum testing kit checks for blood in feces, said Jeff Sigler, a pharmacist at Raney Hillcrest Pharmacy, 925 Iowa, and president of the American Cancer Society Douglas County Unit.
ally will have a tumor or abnormal growth in their colon or rectum, he said. So people who receive a positive reading from the test should see their doctor to determine whether they have colorectal cancer.
Sigler said 4 to 5 percent of people using the testing kits would have blood in their stool, indicating a positive test.
Sigler said that the test was the only over-the-counter test for detecting cancer.
Larry Baker, director of public relations at St. Francis, said it was important for people to realize that a positive reading from the test didn't necessarily indicate the presence of colorectal cancer.
"Last year, 25,000 people returned their test to St. Francis. Of those tests, 900 turned up positive, and only 80 had actually had a malignancy," Baker said.
But only half of those people actu-
Because the program just started Sunday, Baker said St. Francis doctors had not received many tests but expected 20,000 to 25,000 returned tests by the end of the program in the last week of February.
Weak dollar hampers KU students abroad
By PEGGY O'BRIEN
Staff writer
As the dollar drops in value internationally, KU's office of study abroad faces the challenge of cutting costs without hurting programs.
And students who are abroad now, or who are planning to make a trip soon, may not have as much buying power as they thought they would.
Although it's not a big worry, the study abroad office director said yesterday that the fluctuating dollar rate of life for those planning to study abroad.
the dollar is doing," said Mary Elizabeth Gwin, director of the office.
Gwin said students now in France already had written to say their money wasn't going as far as they had expected.
Gwin said she had discussed ways to cut costs for the summer with program directors at other schools. Shortening tours by a couple of days or having students double up in rooms are two possible cost-cutting options.
"It will be a belt-tightening year, but not the end of the world," she said.
The study abroad office makes sure students know what costs their programs cover and suggests they budget about $10 a day for spending money, she said. Students need to budget by the day to make sure they have enough, she said.
Gwin said the office advised students not to spend much of their money shopping, but that those attempts usually were futile.
The weak dollar won't really affect the type of life a student leads, Gwin said. Most of KU's study abroad opportunities involve exchanges, which means students pay the academic costs and room and board as if they were attending KU, but you can't afford this arrangement; students are always guaranteed enough food and a place to stay.
Students' spending money goes
toward travel, taxis, buses, beverages and other extras.
Amy McLiney, Kansas City, Mo., junior, said the weak dollar had no affect on her plans to travel to London this summer. She is going through a program with the American Institute for Foreign Study.
She said the institute even tells students not to bring large amounts of spending money.
Prices in Costa Rica were not that different from Lawrence, she said.
She said that some places were always expensive, no matter how strong the dollar was. The Champs-Elysees, for example, a famous avenue in Paris lined with expensive boutiques, restaurants and hotels, is not a place where students can expect to get great bargains.
Gwin, who has just returned from Costa Rica, said she didn't think people should go abroad expecting to find bargains. Their money is still valuable, but not as strong as it was three years ago.
Gwin said that problems with the dollar's value arose around vacation time because the temptation to travel and shop was so great.
"People would say, If you get a chance, you have to go to Greece," and you really want to go." Craven said.
Kari Craven, Mission Hills senior,
went to Europe last summer. She also said the lure to travel was strong.
Craven, who also went to Europe in
1963, saw the dollar lose
value last year.
Although the study abroad program suffered last year because students were fearful of terrorism in Europe, Gwin said that this year more students than ever would be going abroad.
"The year before, you got about 11 francs to $1, last summer it was about 6.7 or so," she said.
"Students are finally acknowledging how important it is to have a different perspective on their own country," Gwin said.
Staff writer
By CAROLINE REDDICK
Lawyers in demand career speakers say
Most people attending a career workshop at KU's School of Law last night agreed that the United States has an abundance of lawyers.
But, they also agreed that people with law degrees still had ample opportunities for jobs.
Lilian Six, director of admissions for the law school, said, "After all, the new tax law is going to require a new set of rules to sit down and figure it all out."
The director of placement at the school, Maggie Cartarr, said that 91 percent of all 1986 KU law graduates now were employed.
She said that some people who were told of this asked whether that problem was a medical issue.
She said, "Of course, none of the people who asked that question were law students."
The workshop, sponsored by the school, featured 22 speakers offering advice on career opportunities in nine areas of law.
Bob Nugent, an attorney who spoke on practicing in small firms, said, "There are a number of opportunities in rural areas because of the farm crisis. There's a tremendous need for lawyers with experience in bankruptcy and commercial law."
Another speaker, R伯特 Wurtz, a public defender in Topeka, said he
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Rob Wilson, Los Angeles second-year law student, said, "The thing is, there are lots of lawyers but never enough good lawyers.
"The advantage to law is that there are so many opportunities available outside law like business, banking, work or opening your own business."
William Westebaker, professor of law, said, "There is a very wide range of opportunity for lawyers. A lot of people won't end up practicing law, but their law degrees will make them valuable assets in the corporate environment."
Felix Moos, professor of anthropology, estimated that the United States had more than 600,000 lawyers for a population of 241 million. In comparison, he said, Japan has about 30,000 lawyers for a population of 120 million.
"Since poor people are charged with crime at a much higher rate than rich people, they'll need defense lawyers."
Wurtz said, "Unfortunately, there is always going to be crime. Under our constitution, people are entitled to legal representation at the government's expense if they can't afford it. And I'm cynical enough to believe that there will always be poor people.
thought there always would be room for good criminal defense lawyers
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